The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

In a move that has ignited outrage among LGBTQ+ communities and civil rights advocates, the Trump-aligned leadership at the Department of the Navy is reportedly moving to rename a ship originally christened the USNS Harvey Milk. However, the name and life of the gay rights activist is celebrated in the…

The official narrative surrounding the killing of the civil rights icon has long been disputed by his family, inspiring decades of conspiracy theories speculating about what really happened on April 4, 1968

Five years after the historic murder and civil rights uprising, not much in the city has changed

Reason confirmed reports of dysfunction and violence at one of those detention centers earlier this week.

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an important role in the civil rights movement

The new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative plans to focus on companies with federal grants or contracts.

"You will have no rights that Trump and the federal government are bound to respect"

Several Republican-led states have restricted transgender rights: Iowa has signed a law removing civil rights protection for transgender people; Wyoming has prohibited state agencies from requiring the use of preferred pronouns; and Alabama recently passed a law that only two sexes would be recognized. Hundreds of bills have been introduced…

Trump promised an end to ‘weaponization’ in government. Now he has a Justice Department at his disposal to commit ‘lawfare’ of his own, critics say